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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 18:52:02 JST Aral Balkan

   Made the mistake of trying to install/run a Python tool (thinking perhaps things have gotten better because it’s 2024).

   So, anyway:

   - poetry and pyenv (get them, trust me)

   - If pyenv install fails for you (e.g., on Fedora 39) with ImportError: No module named '_curses', 'readline', and '_ssl':

   sudo dnf install ncurses-devel readline-devel openssl-devel

   Then run pyenv install again.

   #python #iJustWantToRunAPackage #sigh #linux #fedora #pyenv #poetry

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 19:59:54 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     • Marek Baczyński

     @imbaczek My rule of thumb is to basically not use Python for any work because I’ve never had an experience trying to use a tool in Python that wasn’t a huge hassle. Case in point: just lost the morning trying to run this WebSocket load testing tool that hasn’t been updated in a while. After all that, it seems the version of Python it requires isn’t supported by pip any longer so… fail.

   • Marek Baczyński (imbaczek@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 19:59:55 JST Marek Baczyński

     in reply to

     @aral basically do not use the system Python for any work. Do not expect it to work out of the box. Always install a properly built batteries included version.